Container

This is a container being loaded at Agape Flights to send down to Haiti full of donated emergency supplies.

Planes, planes, and more planes

Our plane made a load yesterday to Haiti, and was loaded tonight to leave again tomorrow. Jeff is also organizing several other planes to leave tomorrow with supplies. He and the Agape staff have worked hard all day from after church till now. Jeff isn't even home yet. I miss my husband, but I am so proud of all of the work that he has gotten done this week for Haiti.

Haiti Updates

"WOW...How He has provided. I can't comprehend what is happening at Agape. Last week we did our normal weekly flight of approx. 2,500lbs. In 4 days we've sent out approx. 30,000lbs of supplies/food to our families in Port au Prince..It's one of those things "you have to see it to believe it". Please pray for our missionaries and pilots serving on the front lines; it's getting more dangerous as we speak." (From an Agape staff member)

We got our plane into Haiti again on Saturday night, and then are sending another load down tonight. We received a load of items last night. Jeff worked most of the day and night Saturday and is at Agape again today. Please pray for strength for the staff. They have been working long hours to get everything done. Continue to pray for our missionaries. I can't imagine what they are going through right now.

101 out of our 130 missionaries in Port au Prince are accounted for. Praise God.

Updates

Due to the devastating earthquake in Haiti. Agape Flights is currently coordinating relief efforts for the 130 missionary families we serve in Port Au Prince. Medical supplies and cash donations are needed to help facilitate these efforts. Please refer to the Agape Flights website www.agapeflights.com for a list of specific materials needed and also to donate funds to help cover the costs of these efforts.

Please keep praying for our missionaries. We have not heard from all of them to confirm that they are safe. We have received confirmation that 73 of our 130 missionary families in port au prince are okay...Praise God!

We tried to bring a plane with emergency supplies into Port au Prince on Thursday, but they would not let us land. But, we did get the plane in with supplies today Friday, and hope to do another load in the morning Saturday. We will be doing more loads next week.

Also please pray for the desperate Haitians which have become violent trying to obtain water and food. Mobs and riots are beginning to break out, and getting needed supplies into the hands and mouths of the people is becoming dangerous.

Please be praying for Jeff and the staff at Agape Flights. They have been so busy trying to help our missionaries. They have been putting in a lot of late hours. They need strength and guidance. They will be working this weekend as well trying to help coordinate the relief effort.

Thank you so much for you prayers and your support to us!

Long Week

This has been a very long week. Since the 7.0 earthquake that demolished Port au Prince, Haiti, Jeff and the Agape Flights staff have been working non stop. Jeff has been coming home most of the nights around 9 and 10, and tonight it looks like 12 with working on the weekends. Even after coming home he has been on the phone until 11:30. This week, I have been so proud of my husband who works so hard, and is such an valuable asset to Agape. I have been sick all week so it has made it a little harder to have the kids the whole day. But when I think of everything that these missionaries are going through, my week has been nothing compared to theirs.



Our missionaries have been so heavy on my mind this week. I wish that I could do more to help them. But then today I took the kids to Agape Flights because they haven't seen Jeff since Tues. Seeing all of the effort that Agape is putting in to help our missionaries was amazing. Volunteers and staff were everywhere answering phones, organizing supplies, building pallets of items, loading a container full of supplies. It was an awesome sight. We are always a comfort to our missionaries on a daily basis, but when it really matters to be there for them we even work harder sacrificing our time to help them. We do whatever it takes to be the lifeline to these missionaries. I wish you could have seen what I saw today at Agape Flights. So many people working together to show the people of Haiti that they are not forgotten and that God loves them. The most awesome thing is that when all of the relief supply stops from everywhere else, we will still be there helping them. I guess today God showed me again how awesome that the job that He called Jeff and I to do is. It is an honor to serve our missionaries. It is a privilege to work this hard to help them. So please continue to pray for the staff that they will not become weary, because it will be a long process to build Haiti again. Pray for the safety of our missionaries as there is sure to be riots of people trying to get the supplies. Pray for the missionaries that we have not heard from yet saying they are safe. Pray, pray!

Earthquake in Haiti

Okay so I guess that it has been a long time since I blogged (Sept). Yesterday, there was a 7.0 Earthquake in Port au Prince, Haiti. Since then Jeff has been very busy trying to find out if the missionaries are okay, and what they need. They are hoping to do some emergency relief supply flights down to Haiti. If you would like to help, please go to www.agapeflights.com to see a list of supplies that are needed and to donate to pay for the flights. We know of one missionary that is stuck under his house. Please pray that they can get him out safely. Pray for the other missionaries that they are safe as well. It is going to take a lot of effort for the missionaries to help everyone. Please pray for them, they will need it in the weeks to come.

Sick this week

I have been so sick this week. I found myself on the couch not able to move for two days. It is hard to take care of two kids when you are so sick. It took at least five days for me to feel better. I couldn't sleep either because I was coughing so much. I am so happy to finally be feeling better. I kept thinking if I only had family close to me that could take my kids for a little bit so I could take a nap. But of course that didn't happen because we live so far from our family. I remembered in TN the time that I was so sick and Linda (Jeff's mom) came over and made me some chicken soup, I was wanting some of her chicken soup this week. But I am feeling so much better now.

We went to Busch Gardens this weekend. I will post pics later. It amazes me how big Mariah is getting. She rides all of the big rides with Macayla, and loves them. She has the biggest smile when she is driving the car. We also discovered that she LOVES popcorn. Our container of popcorn did not last long with the two of them eating away. Oh, and they played in the water area and both girls had so much fun. Macayla was jumping into the waterfall area that she called her pool. Mariah was walking all over and sticking her face in the water. It was so much fun to watch them. They are getting so big. We enjoy our family days at Busch Gardens. I have such a wonderful little family.